Pricing full scale websites...

[jajones24]

Ok...this may be the wrong forum for this kind of question, but maybe somebody can help. I am a fairly strong ASP programmer and have worked for companies for 3 yrs doing full scale web development. I am starting to do some free-lance work and have a site that I'm trying to bid on.

This site is for a boat dealership. They need a backend db to house thier inventory, web screens for staff to manage inventory, add/edit items, run reports, etc. On the front end, they need users to browse by category, search the db etc and pull info from db. Pretty robust stuff, but all within my abilities.

My question, since I've never done this kind of thing on my own is, how much to charge for a full-scale site like this!? Is there any kind of standard out there? If anyone has any feedback, it would be greatly appreciated!

[jpmoriarty]

the standard that i work from is i work out how much I think i am worth on an hourly rate, based on how much experience i have, how much i need the work, etc. Then i work out how long i think said job will take me.

That's my quote.

I dont believe in seeing what the "going rate" is, since a comapny that will have graphics designers, hard core coders, pre written scripts etc is obviously going to be quicker and probably more effective than me.

I base my quotes on the service that i know i can provide and the timescales that i know i can keep to - and to be honest i cant see any other "honest" way of doing it.

BTW, i charge anything between £6 and £15 an hour at the moment FYI.

[Chopper WeeD]

I work for an engineering consultancy Company that does the construction design for Building and road Construction, All our jobs are won from bids.

jpmoriarty is right, you need to set an hourly price and work out how long it will take to create the site. The most important part is your trying to sell your work and the boat dealership is going to want to know if there money is getting its worth out of it. In your post jajones24, you listed a whole heap of things they wanted. You should write up a document/table that lists each job you will need to do, how long it will take to do that job, and the total cost for that job.
Basically, break done the job into smaller jobs, that way, the dealership can see exactly what there paying for.